diff --git a/fs/gfs2/dentry.c b/fs/gfs2/dentry.c
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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) Sistina Software, Inc.  1997-2003 All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (C) 2004-2006 Red Hat, Inc.  All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * This copyrighted material is made available to anyone wishing to use,
+ * modify, copy, or redistribute it subject to the terms and conditions
+ * of the GNU General Public License version 2.
+ */
+
+#include <linux/spinlock.h>
+#include <linux/completion.h>
+#include <linux/buffer_head.h>
+#include <linux/gfs2_ondisk.h>
+#include <linux/namei.h>
+#include <linux/crc32.h>
+
+#include "gfs2.h"
+#include "incore.h"
+#include "dir.h"
+#include "glock.h"
+#include "super.h"
+#include "util.h"
+#include "inode.h"
+
+/**
+ * gfs2_drevalidate - Check directory lookup consistency
+ * @dentry: the mapping to check
+ * @flags: lookup flags
+ *
+ * Check to make sure the lookup necessary to arrive at this inode from its
+ * parent is still good.
+ *
+ * Returns: 1 if the dentry is ok, 0 if it isn't
+ */
+
+static int gfs2_drevalidate(struct dentry *dentry, unsigned int flags)
+{
+	struct dentry *parent;
+	struct gfs2_sbd *sdp;
+	struct gfs2_inode *dip;
+	struct inode *inode;
+	struct gfs2_holder d_gh;
+	struct gfs2_inode *ip = NULL;
+	int error;
+	int had_lock = 0;
+
+	if (flags & LOOKUP_RCU)
+		return -ECHILD;
+
+	parent = dget_parent(dentry);
+	sdp = GFS2_SB(d_inode(parent));
+	dip = GFS2_I(d_inode(parent));
+	inode = d_inode(dentry);
+
+	if (inode) {
+		if (is_bad_inode(inode))
+			goto invalid;
+		ip = GFS2_I(inode);
+	}
+
+	if (sdp->sd_lockstruct.ls_ops->lm_mount == NULL)
+		goto valid;
+
+	had_lock = (gfs2_glock_is_locked_by_me(dip->i_gl) != NULL);
+	if (!had_lock) {
+		error = gfs2_glock_nq_init(dip->i_gl, LM_ST_SHARED, 0, &d_gh);
+		if (error)
+			goto fail;
+	} 
+
+	error = gfs2_dir_check(d_inode(parent), &dentry->d_name, ip);
+	switch (error) {
+	case 0:
+		if (!inode)
+			goto invalid_gunlock;
+		break;
+	case -ENOENT:
+		if (!inode)
+			goto valid_gunlock;
+		goto invalid_gunlock;
+	default:
+		goto fail_gunlock;
+	}
+
+valid_gunlock:
+	if (!had_lock)
+		gfs2_glock_dq_uninit(&d_gh);
+valid:
+	dput(parent);
+	return 1;
+
+invalid_gunlock:
+	if (!had_lock)
+		gfs2_glock_dq_uninit(&d_gh);
+invalid:
+	dput(parent);
+	return 0;
+
+fail_gunlock:
+	gfs2_glock_dq_uninit(&d_gh);
+fail:
+	dput(parent);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int gfs2_dhash(const struct dentry *dentry, struct qstr *str)
+{
+	str->hash = gfs2_disk_hash(str->name, str->len);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int gfs2_dentry_delete(const struct dentry *dentry)
+{
+	struct gfs2_inode *ginode;
+
+	if (d_really_is_negative(dentry))
+		return 0;
+
+	ginode = GFS2_I(d_inode(dentry));
+	if (!ginode->i_iopen_gh.gh_gl)
+		return 0;
+
+	if (test_bit(GLF_DEMOTE, &ginode->i_iopen_gh.gh_gl->gl_flags))
+		return 1;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+const struct dentry_operations gfs2_dops = {
+	.d_revalidate = gfs2_drevalidate,
+	.d_hash = gfs2_dhash,
+	.d_delete = gfs2_dentry_delete,
+};
+